The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

thermometers frequently marking a
temperature of fifty degrees below zero.
"A lawyer in New London County,
Conn, while eloquently arguing case
of great interest, is said to have used
the following beautiful phraseology:
"When this SANDER, gentlemen of the
jury, reaches the ear of the strong arm
of the law, it will kick away every OBJ
stacle and with its lips declare, No, sir;
no stree, sir "-Harttord Post.
"A young man, one of party of
hunters in Colorado, left camp to go
out and set trap. He did not return
in due time, and search was made for
him. 1t was six days before he was
found, and then it was seen that in set
ting the trap both hands had been
caught in it, and thus he had been held
until he was frozen to death. Chicago
Herald
At Rye Neck, N. Y, the other day
Robert Anibal, colored lad, was clean
ing chimney on George Clark's house
and leaned up against it, when the
bricks broke up and tumbled into the
street. Anibal rolled down the roof,
caught the gutter and stopped for q
moment, and then dropped to an extern
sion below. He was about to roll to
the ground, with no gutter to catch this
time, when friendly nail caught him
by the trousers leg and held him until
help arrived.-N Y. San.
Eugene Fasquelle, staff corre-
spondent of the Paris Gil Bias, has ar
rived in America for a visit. He finds
many things which seem humorous to a
Frenchman. but he is especially amused
with the eating customs of Americans.
They eat all the time. Frenchmen take
two meals-one at two and the other at
seven-but here people take breakfast,
lunch, tea, dinner and perhaps lunch
again, "and they don't seem particularly
fat
Two years ago Miss Amy Malloy,
of Pelham, n Y, fell into an unguarded
excavation, and as Il result lost one of
her eyes. She sued the town and got a
verdict of $4,000 damages. The case
was appealed by the town, but on a
second trial the damages were increased
to $4,000. This was also appealed, but
recently the Supreme Court at Brooklyn
sustained the verdict and added $500 for
Miss Malloy's counsel. 1t is unlikely
that any more appeals will be taken.-
Buffalo Courier.
Says the Wood River New NeDs:
Mining is fascinating. Most men have
the common trait of thinking their trade
or profession the most onerous of all
occupations. But who ever saw q miner
who did not consider his business the
most alluring way of earning winter
grub-stake? One honest miner who had
struck it rich enough to buy into a
mercantile house said that ten honrs
were never so short as when delving in
the rocky tunnels, expecting each stroke
to reveal the shining metal.
Speaking of the characterization
movement, the London Lancet says:
1.-The day of reckoning has yet to come,
and unless there be an amendment,
which we can hardly hope for until the
lesson has been learned by a bitter ex-
perience, the populations of the unpro-
tected unions will some day have cause
to envy those communities which, in
this matter, have not blindly followed
the guidance of fanatics, who, by the
way, are almost invariably themselves
vaccinated."
Near Shady Grove, La, James
Pierce observed bear tracks in swamp,
and organized a hunting party, While
the men and dogs were in the swamp
Mr.. Pierce walked through the fields
adjacent unarmed. Suddenly a big
bear came tearing out Of the swamp.
Pierce knew it would get away if not
chased bruin back and forth through
the fields, whacking him well mean
while, until the animal at length turned
to the swamp again, where it was shot
and killed.
On ranch near Murray, Tex, is
we'll that has attracted considerable at
tention lately, 1t was bored some time
ago to the depth of $50 feet, when the
water became so impregnated with
coal oil that it was abandoned. There
is, perhaps, 100 feet of water or oil in
the well, and a match lighted within a
radius of five feet will ignite the es-
Gaping gas which produces an instanta-
neous flame. The water is so oily that
it can not be used for domestic pur-
poses, and during the drought last sum-
mer, when water was SO scarce, but
few ca.tle would drink it.
"A novel mode of extinguishing fire
was practiced at recent fire in Balti-
more, Md. When the firemen arrived
one of the members borrowed pistol,
and, standing below, fired five shots up
the chimney. Instantly the SCOT and
fire dropped down and the fire was ex-
tinguished. 1t was stated that in case
of chimney fires this scheme has worked
well. The conclusion loosens the ac-
cumulated SCOT, and often much dam
age has been prevented in this way.
The police say it is an old practice with
themselves, and has never failed. -BaJ-